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Selsdon Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–11 · Foundation school
Addington Road, ., South Croydon CR2 8LQ · selsdonprimary.com · 020 8657 4038
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Mar 2025
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 61%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Croydon 68%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- 2.22 mi
- 3.58 km · Reception, September 2026 entry · Croydon Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 325
- 49% of 670 places
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 24.7%
- First language not English
- 31.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, the last place offered on distance went to a home 2.22 mi (3.58 km) from the school; in September 2025 it was 2.47 mi (3.97 km). Source: Croydon Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 23 families put the school first and 26 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
Demand for places
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 26 | 23 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 47 | 21 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 39 | 22 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 24 | 22 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 56 | 29 | 0.5 | 100% |
Last distance offered
| Reception | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 2.22 mi3.58 km | |
| September 2025 | 2.47 mi3.97 km | |
| September 2024 | 2.58 mi4.14 km | |
| September 2022 | All | |
The furthest distance at which the school offered a place for the 2024, 2025 and 2026 intake.
The council lists the school as having vacancies on 19 April 2022: everyone who applied was offered a place.
Results
In 2024/25, 61% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 4% the higher standard. Across Croydon it was 68%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●61% | 62% | ||
| ▼4% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●104 | 106 | ||
| ●103 | 105 | ||
| ●104 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Selsdon Primary and Nursery School on 25 March 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Jun 2019
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2019Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective May 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (22 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 22
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 64% who raised concerns
based on the 50% who had a child bullied